40% Of All Babies Born In Vienna Do Not Have An Austrian Passport Via Remix News, The demographic landscape of Vienna is shifting rapidly, with a record number of newborns lacking Austrian citizenship despite being born within the country. According to recent data from Statistics Austria, 40.5 percent of babies born in the capital do not have Austrian citizenship — a figure that has doubled from 20 percent just two decades […]

Production For Security 2026 Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities ProSec 2026 We will do a “traditional” outlook for 2026, covering all major markets, but we really wanted to highlight ProSec and define more carefully what we think it means for you as corporations, policy makers, and asset managers. Production for Security: RESILIENCY. We haven’t used the word “resiliency” as much as we could have and will […]

Germany’s Fiscal Illusion: Bond Markets Rebuke Merz’s Debt Spiral Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Germany was long seen as a bastion of fiscal stability in the Eurozone. But the erratic fiscal policy of the Merz government is now creating tensions in the bond market. Risk premiums on traditional periphery sovereigns like Italy, Portugal and Spain relative to German Bunds are shrinking. For months, something remarkable has been happening […]

Which US Foods Are Banned In Europe? From growth hormones in meat to controversial chemicals and artificial dyes, Europe’s precautionary approach to food safety stands in strong contrast to America’s more permissive stance. This divide isn’t just about science and risk management; it’s become a flashpoint in the broader trade tensions between the U.S. and EU, where food standards often clash with economic interests. As Statista’s […]

‘Demographic Time-Bomb’ – 7 Million Syrians Could Arrive In Germany Within 50 Years Due To Family Reunification Via Remix News, Dutch migration researcher and social scientist Ruud Koopmans has described the current rapid naturalizations as a “demographic time bomb” that could lead to 7 million Syrians in Germany within 50 years. Koopmans says that family reunification is the main factor, and with many relatives of these […]

Trump’s New Energy Doctrine: Regime Change, Then Drill Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, President Donald Trump has embarked on his own regime-change mission. And this time the United States intends to keep the oil. American Special Operations Forces captured Nicolás Maduro in a daring raid, nabbing the Venezuelan leader from his bed early Saturday morning before sending him north aboard the USS Iwo Jima to New […]

Footage Suggests ‘Black Program’ Stealth Drone May Have Supported Delta Force In Maduro Capture Operation Our reporting on Saturday, spanning from early morning through late night, covered the incremental developments as U.S. Delta Force operators successfully executed Operation Absolute Resolve. This operation led to the capture of Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolás Maduro, his immediate transport to the U.S., and the filing of […]

Escobar: How Political Analysis Became A Target Of A.I. Fakes Authored by Pepe Escobar, A.I. is fast expanding as a plague all along the internet spectrum. That’s quite predictable, considering the Big Tech model for A.I. is techno-feudalism, relying on profit and mind/social control, and not on sharing/expanding knowledge and creating better conditions for a well-informed citizenry. A.I. in many aspects is the antithesis […]

“Cocaine Mills”: Trump Puts Three More Latin American Countries On Notice President Trump soon after the overnight into early Saturday brief invasion of Venezuela and nabbing of President Nicolas Maduro – now in US custody on American soil – put more Latin American countries on notice, calling them essentially “cocaine mills” which ship ‘poison’ into the United States. The not-so-veiled warnings and threats were issued to the […]

Berenson: Just How Insane Did Democrats Become On Immigration? Authored by Alex Berenson via Unreported Truths, Almost six years ago, Democrats published the world’s longest political suicide note — their 2020 election platform on immigration. CREATING A 21ST CENTURY IMMIGRATION SYSTEM has now vanished from the Democratic Party Website. But the Internet is forever, and the archived document remains easily findable. It makes a […]

Korybko: Regime-Tweaking, Not Regime-Change, Is What The US Just Achieved In Venezuela Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, This refers to keeping the targeted state’s power structure in place but after some (at times significant) changes that advance the meddling state’s interests. Some critics of the US’ “special military operation” in Venezuela claim that it didn’t succeed despite President Nicolas Maduro’s […]

Musk & Trump Grab Dinner After Maduro Arrest President Trump and Elon Musk grabbed dinner together at Mar-a-Lago following the US military’s operation to arrest and remove Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.  Via @michaelsolakie Trump had dinner with Elon at Mar-a-Lago and within an hour Starlink was being deployed to Venezuela to aid in the transition and the U.S. oil operation. He never stops working. It’s amazing. […]

First Venezuela, Next Iran? Top US officials have been eager to capitalize on the Trump-ordered military raid on Caracas, which saw the Venezuelan capital bombed and its longtime socialist leader Nicolás Maduro captured without major incident and transferred to US soil where’s facing federal drug charges related to narco-trafficking and gun-running. Hawkish pundits are already clamoring for more muscular action targeting Tehran […]

CIA & Palace Insiders: How The Surprise Raid On Maduro Went Down Since Trump’s Venezuela operation went down just over 24 hours ago, there’s been an avalanche of reporting detailing the high risk gambit of American forces entering the capital of Caracas to kidnap Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Admin officials appear eager to spike the proverbial football and divulge the details, akin to what happened after the complex SEAL raid […]

Diaper Report Authored by Eric Peters, It is six years now since the advent – and normalization of – sickness psychosis (also known as weaponized hypochondria) and it shows a remarkable persistence. Because of course it has been normalized. More than that, actually. It continues to be affirmed as a reasonable rather than aberrant behavior. This business, that is, of seeing but pretending not to notice people walking […]

Who Is Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s Deputy? Venezuela’s former Vice President Delcy Rodríguez is now president of the country, U.S. President Donald Trump said, hours after a U.S. military operation captured former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Jan. 3. “She was just sworn in, but she was, as you know, picked by Maduro,” Trump said. He said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “is working on that […]

Chinese Social Media Explodes: US Invasion Of Venezuela A ‘Template’ For Move On Taiwan A fascinating new report by Bloomberg on Sunday has observed a huge uptick in Chinese social media users weighing in on the decades-long Taiwan independence crisis, in relation to President Trump’s weekend overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. “Trump’s operation against the Venezuelan strongman shot to the top of China’s Weibo […]

Detroit Tries To Balance Gas-Powered Profits While Staying Competitive With China’s EV Surge U.S. automakers are quietly pivoting back toward what they know makes money: large gasoline vehicles. Selling trucks and SUVs is now the fastest path to higher profits, especially as government pressure to push electric vehicles has weakened. Trying to maximize profits from gas cars while keeping pace in EV technology is proving extremely […]

Operation Absolute Resolve: Why Trump Went Off Script And Why It Will Not Matter Authored by Jonathan Turley, It can fairly be said that the most precarious jobs in the world are those of a golf ball collector at a driving range, a mascot at a Chuck E. Cheese, and a Trump Administration lawyer. That was evident at the press conference yesterday as President Donald Trump blew apart the carefully constructed narrative presented […]

Bongino Makes Resignation From FBI Official FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino officially resigned from the bureau on Saturday, hours after President Donald Trump confirmed that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro had been taken into US custody.  FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino (C), accompanied by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro (L) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field […]

Why MSCI’s Upcoming Decision On Bitcoin Treasury Companies Matters Authored by Juan Galt via BitcoinMagazine.com, In a move that could shape corporate Bitcoin adoption, index provider MSCI is set to decide whether to exclude companies holding significant Bitcoin reserves from its global benchmarks. The outcome, due January 15, may influence billions in forced selling and set precedents for how Wall Street views Bitcoin as a […]

Democrats Claim Maduro Capture Is A ‘Distraction’ Democrats immediately denounced President Trump’s operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, calling it an illegal war despite broad precedent supporting the commander-in-chief’s authority to conduct such missions without congressional approval. Even former Vice President Kamala Harris has chimed in. “Donald Trump’s actions in […]

OPEC+ Reaffirms Output Pause As Eight Producers Cite Market Stability Authored by Tom Kool via OilPrice.com, OPEC+ confirmed on Sunday that it will keep oil production steady through the first quarter of 2026, as eight key producers reaffirmed their commitment to market stability amid a steady global economic outlook and what they described as healthy oil market fundamentals. Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, […]

Judge Convicted Of Helping Illegal Escape ICE Resigns, Faces 5 Years In Prison A Milwaukee judge who was found guilty last month of obstructing federal agents by letting an illegal immigrant slip through a side door at her courthouse has resigned.  Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted last month on a federal felony charge, was charged by federal prosecutors after she distracted federal agents who were trying to arrest […]

The Bearish Counterpoint: What Could Go Wrong For Markets In 2026? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Wall Street’s market outlook enters 2026 in a bullish mood, albeit with nuance. After three consecutive years of substantial gains in major indexes, many strategists expect the U.S. stock market to extend its rally into another year, with the central Wall Street banks highlighting several drivers supporting […]